One-Way Gateway, and Vehicle Network System and Method for Protecting Network Within Vehicle Using One-Way Gateway

1. A one-way gateway comprising: a communication controller which takes charge of communication with a device of an internal network or infotainment network of a vehicle; a physical one-way communicator which is adapted to configure a communication section between the internal network and the infotainment network in a physically one-way form; and a data transmitter/receiver which transfers data, transmitted by the device of the internal network or infotainment network, to the physical one-way communicator via the communication controller, and transfers data, received via the physical one-way communicator, to the device of the internal network or infotainment network, wherein the physical one-way communicator comprises: a one-way transmission controller which receives the data from the device of the internal network and outputs the received data; a physical one-way data transmitter which receives the data from the one-way transmission controller via one-way communication and outputs the received data; a physical one-way data receiver which receives the data from the physical one-way data transmitter via the one-way communication and outputs the received data; and a one-way reception controller which transfers the data from the physical one-way data, receiver to the device of the infotainment network.

2. The one-way gateway of claim 1 , wherein when one-way data communication is performed between the physical one-way data transmitter and the physical one-way data receiver, a physical line between the physical one-way data transmitter and the physical one-way data receiver is removed.

3. The one-way gateway of claim 1 , wherein the physical one-way data receiver transmits a reception state checking signal to the physical one-way data transmitter as the data is received from the physical one-way data transmitter.

4. The one-way gateway of claim 3 , wherein the physical one-way data transmitter checks whether the physical one-way data receiver has normally received the data based on the reception state checking signal.

5. A one-way gateway comprising: a communication controller which takes charge of communication with a device of an internal network or infotainment network of a vehicle; a physical one-way communicator which is adapted to configure a communication section between the internal network and the infotainment network in a physically one-way form; and a data transmitter/receiver which transfers data, transmitted by the device of the internal network or infotainment network, to the physical one-way communicator via the communication controller, and transfers data, received via the physical one-way communicator, to the device of the internal network or infotainment network; wherein the physical one-way communicator comprises: a one-ways reception controller; a one-way transmission controller; a signal transmitter which determines whether a request is normal when the request is received from the device of the infotainment network via the one-way reception controller and output a reception state checking signal based on a result of the determination; and a signal receiver which determines whether the request is normal based on the reception state checking signal from the signal transmitter and transmits the request to the one-way transmission controller if the request is normal.

6. The one-way gateway of claim 5 , wherein: the one-way reception controller determines whether the request is normal when the request is received from the device of the infotainment network and transfers the request to the signal transmitter; and the one-way transmission controller receives the request from the signal receiver, determines whether the request is normal, and transfers the request to the device of the internal network.

7. A method of protecting networks within a vehicle, comprising: transferring, by a one-way transmission controller of a one-way gateway, data from a device of an internal network to a physical one-way data transmitter of the one-way gateway; transferring, by the physical one-way data transmitter, the received data to a physical one-way data receiver of the one-way gateway through one-way communication; transferring, by the physical one-way data receiver, the data from the physical one-way data transmitter to a one-way reception controller of the one-way gateway; and transferring, by the one-way reception controller, the data from the one-way reception controller to a device of an infotainment network.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein transferring the received data to the physical one-way data receiver comprises removing a physical line between the physical one-way data transmitter and the physical one-way data receiver.

9. The method of claim 7 , further comprising, between transferring the received data to the physical one-way data receiver and transferring the data to the one-way reception controller, transmitting, by the physical one-way data receiver, a reception state checking signal to the physical one-way data transmitter as the physical one-way data receiver receives the data from the physical one-way data transmitter.

10. The method of claim 9 , further comprising checking, by the physical one-way data transmitter, whether the physical one-way data receiver has normally received data based on the reception state checking signal.

11. The method of claim 7 , further comprising: determining, by a signal transmitter of the one-way gateway, whether a request is normal as the request is received from the device of the infotainment network via the one-way reception controller; outputting, by the signal transmitter, a reception state checking signal based on a result of the determination; determining, by a signal receiver of the one-way gateway, whether the request is, normal based on the reception state checking signal of the signal transmitter; and transferring, by the signal receiver, the request to the one-way transmission controller if the request is normal.

12. The method of claim 11 , further comprising, before determining whether the request is normal as the request is received from the device of the infotainment network: determining, by the one-way reception controller, whether a request is normal as the request is received from the device of the infotainment network; and transferring the request to the signal transmitter.

13. The method of claim 12 , further comprising, after transferring the request to the one-way transmission controller if the request is normal: receiving, by the one-way transmission controller, the request from the signal receiver; determining whether the request is normal; and transferring the request to the device of the internal network.